No sooner had Jiraiya voiced his jab than everyone's eyes turned to Sasuke.
What Jiraiya said was indeed correct. At the same time, Senya was also considering whether it was necessary for Sasuke to take Orochimaru as his master.
Although Senya had taken Sasuke, Hayate, Hinata, and Shino as disciples, compared to actual disciples, they were more like Kakashi's role as Team 7's teacher—perhaps even less so than Kakashi.
He had only given them directions for their future training.
This was completely different from Jiraiya taking Naruto as his disciple or Tsunade wanting to take Sakura as her disciple.
That kind of apprenticeship was what truly counted as taking disciples, with far more comprehensive responsibility.
Most importantly, he did not have the time, nor did he want to waste too much time on it. After all, he had yet to figure out a Cultivation Method himself and only had a few preliminary ideas.
"Sasuke, how about I take you to become Orochimaru's disciple in a while?"
Senya asked symbolically. Taking a master was no small matter. In the original story, Uchiha Sasuke had only considered becoming Orochimaru's disciple after pursuing power and falling for Orochimaru's temptation. The current Sasuke had little to do with Orochimaru, so it was better to ask the person involved for his opinion.
Faced with Senya's suggestion, Sasuke crossed his legs and frowned in thought.
Orochimaru? He only remembered that his brother had seemingly brought that man back to the village. Though Orochimaru had returned more than three years ago, Sasuke could count the number of times he had seen him on one hand. Most of what he knew about him came from Ninja Academy, when teachers used Rogue Ninja as examples.
After thinking for a while, Sasuke did not answer Senya directly. Instead, he asked,